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Things and Theories: The “Novelty Imperative” and Its Discontents

By on August 14th, 2025 in Articles, Case Studies, Commentary, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact

“The apparent indifference of rank-and-file musicians to the invention of the fortepiano may well be because it was principally identified as an invention [novelty] of rather than importance. To all but those most closely associated with its actual construction, the fortepiano was in the first instance an invention for its own sake. There was no practical mandate for it use.”